I Wish We Would Have Known

What to Expect of Cancer

• Supportive Care - fatigue - DanaFarber 

• Supportive Care - Pain - DanaFarber

• Fever, Sweats, Hot Flashes in Cancer patients

• Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)

  from a German website, attributed to the National Cancer Iinstitute in the US. Clear guidelines & descriptions of stages, what might be done, etc.

  

Spread of Cancer / Metastasis

• Breast Cancer - resources - info - more about spread to bone - Merck Manual   Radiation therapy is usually the most effective treatment for cancer that has spread to bone, sometimes keeping it in check for years

• Metastatic Cancer: Q&A - National Cancer Institute

• NCI National Organizations Database
  

    Numerous organizations and facilities provide services to people with cancer and our database
  contains many, but not all of them.

• CancerCare: Update on Metastatic Breast Cancer
  

    3 cancer docs discuss updates about breast cancer that has metastasized - spread to other parts of the body

Cancer Issues: Symptoms Signs and Side Effects

• CancerCare : Difficult Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment: Memory Changes, Lymphedema & Neuropathy
  

    60 minute podcast with answers from cancer specialists in these specific areas

• UCLA > News: Debilitating Cancer Fatigue
    A survey of cancer patients several years ago reported that 32% reported debilitating tiredness every day, 21% on most  days and 14% at least once a week.
  
  Twelve percent of the patients sampled in the survey actually said that they would rather
  be dead than have the severe fatigue that they were experiencing.

And these things may be of some help

• Yes, most cancer patients rank fatigue more bothersome than pain.  A download PDF is at this link

• Cancer Fatigue Treated w/Modafinil: Presented at ASCO

   
• Turmeric - Alzheimer’s and Cancer Beater
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  Lotsa Helping Hands  

    It’s an easy-to-use, private group calendar, specifically designed for organizing helpers, where everyone can pitch in with meals delivery, rides, and other tasks necessary for life to run smoothly during times of medical crisis, end-of-life caring, or family caregiver exhaustion.